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The M18 Hellcat is still to this day one of the fastest armored vehicles to ever see combat. Today we look back at the history of this vehicle and the doctrine which led to its creation. Stay tuned as we explore the unwanted success that is the M18 Hellcat.

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TM 9755 M18 and M39 Technical Manual: http://m18hellcat.com/TM_9_755_M18_He...
Seek, Strike, Destroy: U.S. Army Tank Destroyer Doctrine in WW2 by Dr. Christopher R. Gabel: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA5...
M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer by Steven Zaloga: https://amzn.to/3VkIp9d
THE 76MM GUN M1A1 AND M1A2: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1045...
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Pacific Action Report (Page 112): https://catalog.archives.gov/id/14008...
Japanese Tank and Antitank Warfare by the Military Intelligence Division circa June 1945
M18 Soviet Trials: https://www.tankarchives.ca/2014/03/l...
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Timestamp:
0:001:02 Intro
1:022:30 World of Tanks
2:305:34 Origin of US Tank Destroyers
5:346:54 The Path to the M18
6:5411:43 Design and Production of M18
11:4322:47 M18 in WW2
22:4724:16 M18 Postwar
24:1627:01 Conclusions and Outro

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